The Risk-Return Relation in the Corporate Loan Market

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Main Author: Duran, Miguel A.
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Published: 2024
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author Duran, Miguel A.
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contents This paper analyzes the hypothesis that returns play a risk-compensating role in the market for corporate revolving lines of credit. Specifically, we test whether borrower risk and the expected return on these debt instruments are positively related. Our main findings support this prediction, in contrast to the only previous work that examined this problem two decades ago. Nevertheless, we find evidence of mispricing regarding the risk of deteriorating firms using their facilities more intensively and during the subprime crisis.
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spellingShingle The Risk-Return Relation in the Corporate Loan Market
Duran, Miguel A.
General Economics
Economics
This paper analyzes the hypothesis that returns play a risk-compensating role in the market for corporate revolving lines of credit. Specifically, we test whether borrower risk and the expected return on these debt instruments are positively related. Our main findings support this prediction, in contrast to the only previous work that examined this problem two decades ago. Nevertheless, we find evidence of mispricing regarding the risk of deteriorating firms using their facilities more intensively and during the subprime crisis.
title The Risk-Return Relation in the Corporate Loan Market
topic General Economics
Economics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12315